The Love that Changed the World Forever — Jameson and Marconi
The inseparable relationship between a prestigious whiskey distillery and the world’s first wireless communication device
IN SHORT. Annie Jameson, daughter of the Jameson distillery in Ireland, fell in love with Giuseppe Marconi on a trip to Italy. Their son, Guglielmo, dreamed of success and went to London with his mother Annie. In London, Guglielmo succeeded in commercializing wireless communication, for which he received the Nobel Prize.
This is the story of Guglielmo Marconi, a young Italian man, and Jameson, an Irish whiskey distiller, who became the supporter of the practical application of wireless communication.
Faraday, Maxwell, Hertz: The Discovery of Radio Waves
On October 29, 1831, English physicist Michael Faraday discovered the curious phenomenon that electricity could be transmitted despite the absence of electric wires. This was 50 years before the production of the electric light bulb began in 1881.
Faraday’s discovery is still talked about today in his own words. Questioned about the practical value of electricity by William Gladstone, the British Minister of Finance, Faraday answered: “One day, sir, you…
